CVE-2026-75818

Public on 2026-10-06
Modified on 2026-10-09
Description
GNU Aspell prezip-bin contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the decompressor in prog/prezip.c. The decompressor does not properly check buffer space, so a crafted compressed file can cause out-of-bounds read and write operations on the heap. An attacker who convinces a user to process a malicious compressed file with prezip-bin can trigger memory corruption, leading to a processs crash.



This issue was fixed in commit 15b188437f9e0192d4ac4472ad66a4e2f62a782f which will be released in version 0.60.8.3.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core aspell Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 aspell Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview aspell Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 aspell-en Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L